I get 26.5 AVG miles per gallon. 80% freeway, 10% city, and 10% balls-to-the-wall WOT blasts.
I helped a SCT dealer sort out some programming issues with TC lock-up schedules, and timing changes to improve MPG. We were able to custom burn a chip for a Gen 1 that avg 30.8 MPG on a tank of gas. This chip spent 2 weeks in my car, getting tested...I drive 100 miles a day to and from work. I barely need to stop for gas twice a week due to the "other" driving I do. My message center was reading 556 miles to empty with this chip in my car.
if you get a 4-bank chip, you can simply adjust, depending on the kind of driving you plan to do. One setting for maximum fuel economy, another for racing applications, and the others for whatever.
Just a thought. My current message center, with no chip, will consistantly read 460+ miles to empty. stock O2's, stock MAF, and only some magnaflow mufflers...if you do mostly freeway driving, and your MPG are only 20, or below...something is wrong.
RE: traction control-will have nothing to do with MPG on a Gen 1, as it stops working at 34 mph.